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epicene
[ ep-i-seen ]
adjective
- lacking the typical characteristics of a particular gender or sex; sexless:
Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
an epicene style of writing.
- effeminate; unmasculine.
- (of Greek and Latin nouns) of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the individual referred to, as the grammatically feminine Latin ±¹³Ü±ô±èŧ²õ “f´Ç³æ.â€
- Grammar. (of a noun or pronoun) capable of referring to any individual regardless of sex, as attendant, chairperson, Pat, one, or they; having common gender.
noun
- a person or thing that is epicene.
epicene
/ ˈɛ±èɪˌ²õ¾±Ë²Ô /
adjective
- having the characteristics of both sexes; hermaphroditic
- of neither sex; sexless
- effeminate
- grammar
- denoting a noun that may refer to a male or a female, such as teacher as opposed to businessman or shepherd
- (in Latin, Greek, etc) denoting a noun that retains the same grammatical gender regardless of the sex of the referent
noun
- an epicene person or creature
- an epicene noun
Derived Forms
- ËŒ±ð±è¾±Ëˆ³¦±ð²Ô¾±²õ³¾, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð±èi·³¦±ð²Ôi²õ³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of epicene1
Example Sentences
There’s something of the Thin White Duke about Thomson — his author photo is rakish and epicene — but it’s more than that.
They looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blond hair and epicene faces as clear, as cheerful and grave, as a couple of Flemish angels.
There was something fluid, almost epicene, about his lean body, and it made her remember that he had told her he did yoga.
His name is Strat, and he is played with beguiling epicene virility and lungs of steel by the willowy Andrew Polec.
In “Los Angeles Plays Itself,†still the best documentary ever made about the city and its architecture, director Thom Andersen wonders why “modernist architecture connotes epicene villainy†in so many movies.
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